Notes Per Beat (Timing Resolution), Timing Tab

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Notes Per Beat (Timing Resolution), Timing Tab
User Level: Basic, Advanced
MIDI File Usage: Playback, Notate

If you don't know the Notes Per Beat (Timing Resolution), leave it at the default setting of Auto. This setting is not applicable to live performance mode. If the Easy Timing feature is enabled, then the Notes Per Beat (Timing Resolution) setting is ignored.

If you have not indicated in the Options window that you intend to notate the MIDI file, select from the drop-down list the largest number of notes contained within the time span of one beat. If the created MIDI file misses notes with a short duration, increase the notes per beat. If the created MIDI file contains many erroneous notes with a short duration, reduce the notes per beat. If you are converting with a swing beat, try using one of the triplet settings; these are the numbers that are not a power of two, such as 3, 6, and 12. The best setting will probably be somewhere in the middle. The Notes Per Beat setting works with the pace of your taps using the Tempo Tracker to determine the average resolution over time used by the converter. For example, if you tapped twice per second and set a resolution of 4 beats per note, this yields the same results as if you tapped once per second and set a resolution of 8 beats per note. Both of these examples result in a resolution of 120 of the shortest notes per minute.

If you have indicated in the Options window that you intend to notate the MIDI file, select from the drop-down list the shortest duration note that you want in the MIDI file. In the Options window you can specify whether you want to view the American (or British) names for the note duration. If the created MIDI file misses the notes with a shorter duration, choose a shorter note from the list. (The note types are arranged in the list from the longest duration at the top to the shortest at the bottom.) If the created MIDI file contains many erroneous notes with a short duration, select a longer note. The best setting will probably be somewhere in the middle.

The first section has 32nd note (demisemiquaver) timing resolution applied. The next section has 16th note (semiquaver) timing resolution applied.
The last section has eighth note (quaver) timing resolution applied.